Capturing a Bronx Building's Graffiti on Canvas

7/24/2014 8:00PM

Artist Valeri Larko created a series of paintings of the Bronx's Ferris Stahl-Meyer building, a former meatpacking plant covered in graffiti that is slated for demolition. Photo: Andrew Spear for The Wall Street Journal

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